Bucket Brigade
Teamwork--what a powerful word! It is often possible to do so much more with teamwork than could be accomplished individually. The tangible and intangible benefits are numerous, and our PA-AHDI Bucket Brigade is a perfect example!
As the AHDI state chapter for Pennsylvania, we decided to participate in the chapter booth opportunity at the AHDI Annual Convention and Expo in Nashville. In order to have a booth, you need materials--and how to get them there is a bit of a challenge. Airlines charge a hefty fee for extra baggage (the suitcase, not us!), so we found a work-around.
This was truly a team effort, and I fondly named us the "bucket brigade." We have this plastic storage bucket that holds a lot of our state materials for display purposes--flyers, brochures, signage, banner, etc. It does not have a specific home, but rather calls "home" with whomever needed it last. This time around the bucket was sitting in Stockertown, PA, and it made its way to Nashville by travelling through PA-AHDI members, a journey of teamwork.
The bucket was first deposited by Norma Lopresti, CMT, AHDI-F, on the doorstep of my house in Bethlehem, PA. From there I drove it to the Cracker Barrel in Hamburg, PA, where it was passed on to Carol Croft, CMT, AHDI-F. Carol took it home and a few days later met Linda Leayman at the Jigger Shop in Mount Gretna, PA, and passed it on to her. A few days later the longest leg of the journey began by car with Linda and her husband Steve to the Gaylord Opryland Conference Center, Nashville, where Aileen Burnett and Linda set up our chapter booth. This travelling bucket sure put on a lot of miles!
Mind you, on each leg this bucket kept growing in weight and eventually size! Items were added along the way from other PA-AHDI members, and when the bucket overflowed, a box was added to the collection, then another box and another box. I am not quite sure just how many eventually made their way to Opryland, but they all arrived safe and sound and the booth looked great. Thank you to our bucket brigade volunteers!